Terraria review

I reviewed a game called Minecraft, which I can’t praise enough.  But there is another game that falls into the same category, and I figure it was about time for me to give it the down low. This time around the game is called Terraria, and while it may seem akin to Minecraft, I can assure you that both are very unique and very fun to play.

                Terraria was released on pc in 2011 by the developer Re-Logic. The game is a 2d platformer of sorts, with you being put in control of your character. When you load up your world, you are put in a randomly generated world that nobody will or has ever seen before. You are then paired up with a guide who teaches you some basic facts or crafting recipes about how to survive in this new world.  You are then to do as you please. You can dig into the earth and harvest dozens of materials to make better equipment, make a bow and go hunt down the creatures that plague your land, or make a house out of dirt and start a bunny farm. There are no set goals for what you need to accomplish, although you will need to kill a few bosses to unlock some of the later material. This is what I like about these types of games, the freedom of being able to do whatever you like, whenever you like.  This makes the gameplay not feel too rushed and really lets me enjoy the game.

                Now unlike Minecraft, Terraria has some achievements you can stride for, whether it be kill a gigantic eyeball in the hopes it drops the item you need so you can craft a weapon and fight the next boss. After you kill 3-4 bosses, you can descend to hell and fight a moving wall of flesh. If you manage to emerge victoriously, the game drastically changes, with hundreds of new enemies to fight and treasure to discover. This is one major advantage this game has over Minecraft. Even if you have beaten the game, there are still hundreds of hours of content left for you to discover. I personally have spent 126 hours in Terraria and I’m still discovering new enemies or finding new items. This alone makes the game feel compelling to play through and makes this game that much better.

                But as always this game has its issues. Playing with your friends is one of the best things you can do with this type of game. But unfortunately, it is excruciatingly hard to set up a server to play with your friends. The game also has a fair amount of glitches in it as well, with some major ones that can corrupt your save data and delete your world and all of your items in it. This alone shows signs of concern, as the game isn’t being as rapidly patched as I hoped.

                Terraria came in the time of other smash hits like Minecraft and Rust. You would think that it would fade into nonexistence after being compared to other games. But Terraria stuck out and carved its own place in the very saturated video game empire, a spot it won’t give up anytim